Robert Plant’s new album lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar will be released September 9 (September 8 in the U.K.). Produced by Plant, the album features eleven new recordings, nine of which are original songs written by Plant with his band, The Sensational Space Shifters — Justin Adams: bendirs, djembe, guitars, tehardant, background vocals; John Baggott: keyboards, loops, moog bass, piano, tabal, background vocals; Juldeh Camara: kologo, ritti, Fulani vocals; Billy Fuller: bass, drum programming, omnichord, upright bass; Dave Smith: drum set; and Liam “Skin” Tyson: banjo, guitar, background vocals.

Pre-orders are available now at robertplant.com and include a limited-edition print and an instant download of an album track. Watch an album preview below.

lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar is Plant’s first record since 2010’s Band of Joy, which followed 2007’s six-time Grammy Award–winning collaboration with Alison Krauss, Raising Sand. Justin Adams and John Baggott of The Sensational Space Shifters appeared on Plant’s 2002 release Dreamland, while all but Camara and Smith appeared on 2005’s Mighty Rearranger. The new-album line-up recently toured the world before recording lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar at Helium Studios in Wiltshire and Real World Studios in Bath, UK. The track “Rainbow” (see below) was recorded in Contino Rooms in London. Tchad Blake mixed all but three tracks on the album.

“It’s really a celebratory record, powerful, gritty, African, Trance meets Zep,” Plant says. “The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood. I am very lucky to work with The Sensational Space Shifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music…I have been around awhile and I ask myself, do I have anything to say? Is there a song still inside me? In my heart? I see life and what’s happening to me. Along the trail there are expectations, disappointments, happiness, questions and strong relationships,” Plant explains, “… and now I’m able to express my feelings through melody, power and trance; together in a kaleidoscope of sound, colour, and friendship.”

“It’s really a celebratory record, powerful, gritty, African, Trance meets Zep,” Plant said in a press release. “The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood. I am very lucky to work with The Sensational SpaceShifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music…I have been around awhile and I ask myself, do I have anything to say? Is there a song still inside me? In my heart? I see life and what’s happening to me. Along the trail there are expectations, disappointments, happiness, questions and strong relationships….and now I’m able to express my feelings through melody, power and trance; together in a kaleidoscope of sound, color, and friendship.”Read More: Robert Plant Releases ‘Rainbow’ Single and New Album Info | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-rainbow-new-song/?trackback=tsmclip

“It’s really a celebratory record, powerful, gritty, African, Trance meets Zep,” Plant said in a press release. “The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood. I am very lucky to work with The Sensational SpaceShifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music…I have been around awhile and I ask myself, do I have anything to say? Is there a song still inside me? In my heart? I see life and what’s happening to me. Along the trail there are expectations, disappointments, happiness, questions and strong relationships….and now I’m able to express my feelings through melody, power and trance; together in a kaleidoscope of sound, color, and friendship.”Read More: Robert Plant Releases ‘Rainbow’ Single and New Album Info | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-rainbow-new-song/?trackback=tsmclip

“It’s really a celebratory record, powerful, gritty, African, Trance meets Zep,” Plant said in a press release. “The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood. I am very lucky to work with The Sensational SpaceShifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music…I have been around awhile and I ask myself, do I have anything to say? Is there a song still inside me? In my heart? I see life and what’s happening to me. Along the trail there are expectations, disappointments, happiness, questions and strong relationships….and now I’m able to express my feelings through melody, power and trance; together in a kaleidoscope of sound, color, and friendship.”Read More: Robert Plant Releases ‘Rainbow’ Single and New Album Info | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-rainbow-new-song/?trackback=tsmclip

“It’s really a celebratory record, powerful, gritty, African, Trance meets Zep,” Plant said in a press release. “The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood. I am very lucky to work with The Sensational SpaceShifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music…I have been around awhile and I ask myself, do I have anything to say? Is there a song still inside me? In my heart? I see life and what’s happening to me. Along the trail there are expectations, disappointments, happiness, questions and strong relationships….and now I’m able to express my feelings through melody, power and trance; together in a kaleidoscope of sound, color, and friendship.”Read More: Robert Plant Releases ‘Rainbow’ Single and New Album Info | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-rainbow-new-song/?trackback=tsmclip

“It’s really a celebratory record, powerful, gritty, African, Trance meets Zep,” Plant said in a press release. “The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood. I am very lucky to work with The Sensational SpaceShifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music…I have been around awhile and I ask myself, do I have anything to say? Is there a song still inside me? In my heart? I see life and what’s happening to me. Along the trail there are expectations, disappointments, happiness, questions and strong relationships….and now I’m able to express my feelings through melody, power and trance; together in a kaleidoscope of sound, color, and friendship.”Read More: Robert Plant Releases ‘Rainbow’ Single and New Album Info | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-rainbow-new-song/?trackback=tsmclip

“It’s really a celebratory record, powerful, gritty, African, Trance meets Zep,” Plant said in a press release. “The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood. I am very lucky to work with The Sensational SpaceShifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music…I have been around awhile and I ask myself, do I have anything to say? Is there a song still inside me? In my heart? I see life and what’s happening to me. Along the trail there are expectations, disappointments, happiness, questions and strong relationships….and now I’m able to express my feelings through melody, power and trance; together in a kaleidoscope of sound, color, and friendship.”Read More: Robert Plant Releases ‘Rainbow’ Single and New Album Info | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-rainbow-new-song/?trackback=tsmclip

“It’s really a celebratory record, powerful, gritty, African, Trance meets Zep,” Plant said in a press release. “The whole impetus of my life as a singer has to be driven by a good brotherhood. I am very lucky to work with The Sensational SpaceShifters. They come from exciting areas of contemporary music…I have been around awhile and I ask myself, do I have anything to say? Is there a song still inside me? In my heart? I see life and what’s happening to me. Along the trail there are expectations, disappointments, happiness, questions and strong relationships….and now I’m able to express my feelings through melody, power and trance; together in a kaleidoscope of sound, color, and friendship.”Read More: Robert Plant Releases ‘Rainbow’ Single and New Album Info | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-rainbow-new-song/?trackback=tsmclip